And siþen sende þee satisfaccioun  for to seweO.14.24: OC2 alone have sewe; most B manuscripts have sowen. OC2 alone among beta witnesses lack it before after. after

O.14.25KD.14.21α

Satisfaccio & ceteraO.14.25: This line is written in the right margin.

O.14.26KD.14.22-23

Do-best schal neuere myst bymolen it  ne moþþe after biten it

O.14.27KD.14.24

Ne feend ne fals man  defoulen it in þi lyue

O.14.28KD.14.25

Schal no heraud ne harpour  haue a fayrer garnement

O.14.29KD.14.26

Þan haukyn þe actijf man  & þou do bi my techyng

O.14.30KD.14.27

Ne no mynystral be more worþ  amongys pore & riche

O.14.31KD.14.28

Þan haukyns wijf þe waferer  wiþ his actiua vita

O.14.32KD.14.29

And I schal purueye þee paast quod pacience  þouȝ no plow erie

O.14.33KD.14.30

And flour to fede folk wiþ  as best be for þi soule

O.14.34KD.14.31

Þouȝ neuere greyn growede  ne grape vp-on vyne

O.14.35KD.14.32

Alle þat lyuen & loken  lijflode . wolde I fynde

O.14.36KD.14.33

And þat ynow . schal noon fayle  of þing þat hem nedeþ

O.14.37KD.14.33.1

We schuldenO.14.37: OC2 alone have the form schulden in place of sholde. not be to bisy  abouten oure lijflodeO.14.37: Kane and Donaldson (193) conjecturally exclude this line on the basis of "prosiness and verbosity."

Þanne lowȝO.14.39: OC2 alone have the form lowȝ in place of laughed. haukyn a litil  & liȝtli gan swere

O.14.40KD.14.35

Who-so leueþ ȝow bi oure lord  I leue not he be blessid

O.14.41KD.14.36

No quod pacience pacientli  & out of his poke hente 

O.14.42KD.14.37

Vitayles of grete vertues  for alle manere beestis

O.14.43KD.14.38

And seyde . lo heer lijflode ynow  if oure beleue be trewe

O.14.44KD.14.39

For lent neuere was lijf  but lijflode were schapen

O.14.45KD.14.40

Wher-of or wherfore  &O.14.45: OC2R alone have & in place of or. wher-by to libbe

O.14.46KD.14.41

First þe wylde worm  vndir wete erþe

O.14.47KD.14.42

Fisch to lyue in þe flood  & in þe fijr þe criket

O.14.48KD.14.43

Þe curlu bi kynde of þe eir  moost clennest flesch of briddis

O.14.49KD.14.44

And beestis bi grasse & greyn  & bi grene rotes

O.14.50KD.14.45

In menyng þat alle men  myȝten do þe same

O.14.51KD.14.46

Lyue þoruȝ lele bileue  & loue . as god witnesseþ

O.14.52KD.14.46α

Quodcumque pecieritis a patre in nomine meo & cetera / Et alibi / Non in solo pane viuit homo set in omni verbo quod procedit de ore dei .O.14.52: This line begins in the right margin of l. 51, breaks after the first occurrence of in, and wraps around to occupy the next full line space, ending in the right margin.

O.14.53KD.14.47-48

But I lokede . what lijflode it was  þat pacience so preysede

O.14.54KD.14.49-50

And þanne was it a pece of þe pater noster  fiat voluntas tua

O.14.55KD.14.51

Haue haukyn quod pacience  & ete þis whanne þee hungreþ

O.14.56KD.14.52

Or whanne þou clomsest for coold  or chillistO.14.56: OC2 alone have chillist in place of clyngest. for drie

And brynge his soule to blisse  so þat feiþ heerO.14.94: OC2 alone have heer; most B manuscripts have bere(þ). witnesse 

O.14.95KD.14.87

Þat whyles he lyuede he beleuede  þe lore of holy chirche

O.14.96KD.14.88

Ergo contricioun . feiþ & concience  is kyndeli . do-wel

O.14.97KD.14.89

And surgien O.14.97: OC2 alone have the singular form. In O, there is evidence that an <s> may have been erased. for dedli synnes  whan schrift of mouþ fayledeO.14.97: OC2 alone have the preterite form.

Þouȝ men reddenO.14.113: OC2 alone have the form redden; most B manuscripts have rede. of richesse  riȝt to þe werldis ende

O.14.114KD.14.106

I wiste neuere renke þat riche was  þat whanne he rekene schulde

O.14.115KD.14.107

Whanne he drowȝ to his deþ-day  þat he ne dredde hym sore

O.14.116KD.14.108

And þat at þe rekkenyng in arerage fel  raþer þan out of dette

O.14.117KD.14.109

Þere þe pore dar plede  & preue bi pure resoun

O.14.118KD.14.110

To haue a-lowaunce of his lord  bi þe lawe . he it cleymeþ 

O.14.119KD.14.111

Ioye þat neuere ioye hadde  of riȝtful Iuge he axeþ

O.14.120KD.14.112

And seiþ . lo briddis & beestis  þat no blisse ne kouþe

O.14.121KD.14.113

And wylde wormes in wodes  þoruȝ wyntres þou hem greuest

O.14.122KD.14.114

And makest hem welny meke  & mylde fordefautefor defaute

O.14.123KD.14.115

And after þou sendest hem somer  þat is her souereyn ioye

O.14.124KD.14.116

And blisse to alle þat been  boþe wylde & tame

O.14.125KD.14.117

Þanne may beggers & biddersbeestisO.14.125: A solidus/punctus above bidders and above marginal beestis indicate that substitution was intended. O alone has bidders; all other B manuscripts have beestes, except C2 which has breddis.  after bote wayten

O.14.126KD.14.118

Þat al her lijf han lyued  in langour & in defaute

O.14.127KD.14.119

But god sente hem sum-tyme  sum manere ioye

O.14.128KD.14.120

Ouþer heer or ellis-where  kynde wolde it neuere

O.14.129KD.14.121

For to ouer-myche woo . was he wrouȝt  þat neuere was ioye schaped

O.14.130KD.14.122

Aungelis þat in helle now been  hadden ioye sum-tyme

O.14.131KD.14.123

And dyues in deyntees lyuede  & in douceO.14.131: A supralinear <d> was added, apparently because the <d> in douce is spoiled by a blot. vie

O.14.132KD.14.124

Riȝt so resoun schewiþ  þat þoo men þat weren riche

O.14.133KD.14.125

And her makes also  lyueden her lijf in myrþe

O.14.134KD.14.126

Ac god is of a wonder wille  bi þat kynde witt schewiþ

O.14.135KD.14.127

To ȝyue many men his mercymonye  er he it haue deserued

O.14.136KD.14.128

Riȝt so fareþ god bi summe riche  ruþe me it þinkeþ

O.14.137KD.14.129

For þei han her hyre heer  & heuene as it were

O.14.138KD.14.130

And ekeO.14.138: YOC2 alone read And eke; variants include and ys (GCBmLR), And his (BoCot), and And (WHmCrMF). greet likyng to lyue  wiþ-oute labour of body

O.14.139KD.14.131

And whanne he deyeþ be disalowed  as dauid seiþ in þe sauter

O.14.140KD.14.131α

Dormierunt & nichil inueneruntO.14.140: This line is written in the right margin. It is divided after nichil, so that it appears as two lines.

For men knowenO.14.245: HmOC2 alone lack wel before þat. þat coueytise  is of a kene wille

O.14.246KD.14.242

And haþ hondes & armes  of a longe lengþe

O.14.247KD.14.243

And pouerte is butO.14.247: OC2 alone lack a before petit. petit þing  appereþ not to his nauele

O.14.248KD.14.244

And louelich layk was neuere  bitwene þe longe & þe schorte

O.14.249KD.14.245

And þouȝ auarice wolde angre þe pore  he haþ but litil myȝt

O.14.250KD.14.246

For pouerte haþ but pokis  to putten in . hise goodes

O.14.251KD.14.247

Þere auarice haþ almaries  & iren-bounden cofres

O.14.252KD.14.248

And wheþer be liȝter to breke  lesse boost it makeþ

O.14.253KD.14.249

A beggers bagge  þan an iren-bounden cofre

O.14.254KD.14.250

Leccherie loueþ hym not  for he ȝyueþ but litil syluer

O.14.255KD.14.251

Ne doþ hym not dyne delicatli  ne drynke wiyn ofte

O.14.256KD.14.252

A straw for þe stuwes  it stode not I trowe

O.14.257KD.14.253

HaddenO.14.257: O alone has the form Hadden in place of Hadde. þei no þing butO.14.257: OC2 alone lack of (a) before pore. pore men  her housis stoden vnhiledO.14.257: OC2 alone have vnhiled in place of vntyled.O.14.257: Three small slashes, stacked vertically, appear in the right margin; the hand responsible cannot be identified with certainty.
Although they may point to the error of vnhiled, no such device appears elsewhere in this manuscript.

Myche is swich a maydenO.14.271: OM alone have mayden; most B manuscripts have mayde. to loue  of hym þat swich oon takiþ

O.14.272KD.14.268

More þan a mayden is þat is  maried þoruȝ brocage

O.14.273KD.14.269

And bi assent of sundry parties  & syluer to bote

O.14.274KD.14.270

More for coueytise of good  þan kynde loue of boþe

O.14.275KD.14.271

So it fareþ bi iche a persoone  þat possessioun forsakeþ

O.14.276KD.14.272

And puttiþ hym to be pacient  & pouerte weddeþ

Paupertas .O.14.277: This word is preceded by a parasign two lines in height, touched in red, and decorated with a flourish at the right and vertical
slashes beneath. It may have been intended as a heading for l. 280, since it appears over that portion of the line that extends
into the right margin.

O.14.277KD.14.273

Þe which is sibbe to god hym-self  & so to hise seyntis

O.14.278KD.14.274

Haue god my truþe quod haukyn  ȝe preysen fast pouerte

O.14.279KD.14.275

What is pouerte wiþ pacienceO.14.279: OC2 alone lack quod he before propreli.  propreli to mene

O.14.280KD.14.276

Paupertas quod pacience est odibile bonum . remocio curarum . possessio sine calumpnia . donum dei . sanitatis . mater . absque solitudine semita . sapiencie temperatrix . negocium sine dampno . incerta fortuna . absque sollicitudine felicitasO.14.280: This line begins in the right margin of l. 279 and breaks after est, mater, and sollicitu-, wrapping around to occupy the next two full line spaces and ending in the right margin of l. 281. A red parasign precedes
the final line of text.

O.14.281KD.14.277

I can not construe þis quod haukyn  ȝe musten seye it on englisch

O.14.282KD.14.278

In englisch quod pacience . it is wel hard  wel to expoune

O.14.283KD.14.279

Ac sumdel I schal seyen it  bi so þow vnderstonde

O.14.284KD.14.280

Pouerte is þe first poynt  þat pride moost hateþ

O.14.285KD.14.281

Þanne is it good bi good skile  al þat agasteþ pride

O.14.286KD.14.282

Riȝt as contricioun is counfortable þing  concience itO.14.286: OC2 alone include it before woot, although Cr include it after. woot wel

O.14.287KD.14.283

And a sorwe of hym-self  & solace to þe soule

O.14.288KD.14.284-285

So pouerte propreliche  penaunce & ioye 

O.14.289KD.14.285

Is to þe body  pure perpetuelO.14.289: OC2 alone have perpetuel in place of spiritual. helþe

O.14.290KD.14.287

Ergo paupertas est odibile bonumO.14.290: This line is written in the right margin.

O.14.291KD.14.286

And contricioun counfort  & cura animarum þe secounde

O.14.292KD.14.288

Selde sitte pouerte  þe soþe to declare

O.14.293KD.14.289

Or as iustise to iugge men  enioyned is no pore

O.14.294KD.14.290

Ne to be a meyr abouen men  ne mynystre vndir kyngO.14.294: OC2 alone have the singular form.

Cantabit pauperO.14.317: OC2Cot alone have pauper in place of paupertas. coram latrone viatorO.14.317: This line is written in the right margin. It is divided after latrone, so that it appears as two lines.

O.14.318KD.14.310

Þe seuente is welle of wisdom  & fewe wordis schewiþ

O.14.319KD.14.311

For lordis alowen hym litil  or listenen to his resoun

O.14.320KD.14.312

He tempereþ þe tunge to truþe-ward  & noo tresore coueytiþ

O.14.321KD.14.312α

Sapiencie temperatrix .O.14.321: This line is written in the right margin.

O.14.322KD.14.313

Þe eyȝtiþ is alelea lele labour  & loþ to take more 

O.14.323KD.14.314

Þan he may wel deserue  in somer or in wynter

O.14.324KD.14.315

And if he chaffare . he chargiþ no losse  mowe he charite wynne

O.14.325KD.14.315α

Negocium sine dampno .O.14.325: This line is written in the right margin. It is divided after Negocium, so that it appears as two lines.

O.14.326KD.14.316

Þe nyneþe is swete forO.14.326: OC2 alone have for in place of to. þe soule  no sugre swetter